Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

Hey that's not so far-fetched. XEPE does it every day ;) 73, Tim On 11/21/07, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep seeing an ad for the latest Will Smith movie I Am Legend which comes out next month. This is like the third remake of this movie and it is one of

Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59 Review

Hi Gary, Your Battle of the Ear Mites sounds like a great idea. http://www.radiointel.com/review-sonys10mk2.htm Contains the shoot-out review between the $10 (delivered) 10MK2 and an R-75. The Sony heard 94% of the signals between 530 and 1650 that the Icom heard in 8 sessions. The Sony was

[IRCA] Thanksgiving TP's

Happy Thanksgiving to all! This morning's brief listening session results: audio on 747 774 between 1255 and 1320 carriers on 594, 693, 702 1566 73 Craig Barnes Wondervu, CO Drake R8A N EWE Be a

[IRCA] Trying to contact Paul Crankshaw

Paul, if you see this will you please contact me off list? Thanks. Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, R-390A, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, PAØRDT mini-whip, attic longwire, Quantum phaser QRZ.com/KH2AR ___ IRCA

[IRCA] TPs for 11-22-07

-- Good Morning: Listened from 1420-1512 ut. Conditions down this morning. Turkey is in the brine. Happy Thanks giving. 279 Russia, 1422 very weak with man singing in Russian. 774Japan, JOUB weak at 1420 with man in Japanese. 1422 Japan, JORF 1438

Re: [IRCA] Falkland Islands Radio Service

HELLO, I HEARD FALKLAND ISLANS THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR WITH ARGENTINA. I RECEIVED QSL #69 (I THINK) THAT VERIFIED MY RECEPTION ON 2370 HERE IN SAINT LOUIS MO. I WILL HAVE TO DIG OUT MY OLD SLIDX NEWSLETTERS BECAUSE I COPIED THE CARD FOR A NEWSLETTER COVER! 73 73s Terry Klasek Date: Wed, 21

[IRCA] XEPE

Speaking of XEPE, I checked out their signal at 0200 MST this morning and they were pounding in here on the east side of the Rockies with no fade and no competition. Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO Westminster CO http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/

Re: [IRCA] Falkland Islands Radio Service

Terry, I got their QSL card too about the same time. I DX the Tropical bands on occasin. I knew that was a rarity, so I went after it. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 11-22-07

Good Morning, Listened frpm 0930-1015 UTC this morning, and found strange conditions. Around the Asians' local sunset peak, stations like JOAK-590, JOUB-774, HLCA-972 and HLAZ-1566 were really strong, with HLCA-972 almost sounding like a local (new here). But after about 1015

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November 20 - 0635UTC

And here's a sample of a TA heard on the west coast. Probably not a 9, but easily an 8. http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/Audio/Virgin_Radio_1215.rm This recording was made during the DXped to the Queen Charlotte Islands in September. Virgin came in like that all week long. Bruce Seattle Paul

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Colin, I would have to check at home, but one of the major broadcasters (for me), maybe BBC or CBC, who we have to use Real Player for, no? ef An .rm file Bruce? No one installs Real Player on their PC's anymore do they? ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

And here's a sample of a TA heard on the west coast. Probably not a 9, but easily an 8. http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/Audio/Virgin_Radio_1215.rm This recording was made during the DXped to the Queen Charlotte Islands in September. Virgin came in like that all week long. An .rm file Bruce?

Re: [IRCA] Expanded Sony SRF-59 Review

Hello Gil and Others, Thanks for your comments on the proposed equipment review of the Sony SRF-59 Walkman, and also the SRF-M37V, ICF-S10Mk2, and Sangean DT200VX. The last three radios were ordered yesterday, and I very much look forward to writing the Battle of the Mighty Mites,

Re: [IRCA] Thanksgiving TP's

I tried for a bit this morning with the Sony ICF-2010 as well... Between 1315-1340, I had weak but clear audio from 657 North Korea, usual droning speech, and presumed Sakhalin on 279 LW with (muddy) speech and music. Lots of carriers detected but no audio from 747 or 774 as I would have

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Colin I thought everybody had Real Player on their PCs. At the moment, I don't have a program to record MP3's on this PC, just rm and wav files. I had one, but the 15 day trial expired :( Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And here's a sample of a TA heard on the west coast. Probably not a 9,

[IRCA] was Turks Caicos on 530, is MP3 free recorders

Colin I thought everybody had Real Player on their PCs. Real Player has an obnoxious foot-print on PCs in the Windows environment... Like Norton Anti-virus, once it's on your computer it is difficult to remove (this may have changed with Win2K and WinXP -- I stopped using R.A. years ago...)

Re: [IRCA] was Turks Caicos on 530, is MP3 free recorders

Colin I have Audacity on my PC and have been using it quite a bit to clean up DX recordings (mostly to do equalization, etc prior to buring CDs for reception reports). I agree, it's a wonderful program and the price is hard to beat. I just never got around to downloading the LAME dll until a

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin I thought everybody had Real Player on their PCs. At the moment, I don't have a program to record MP3's on this PC, just rm and wav files. I had one, but the 15 day trial expired :( Real Audio format isn't readable on anything but

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

All perfectly good points Russ. But I've found lots of recordings available only in Realaudio format, so I've found it to be a necessity. In the meantime, by popular demand, I've uploaded the Virgin Radio clip as an mp3 http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/Audio/Virgin_Radio_1215.mp3 The download was a

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Nov 22 2103 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 November follow. Solar flux 70 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 8. The

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

Glenn asked: Aren`t there really such wideband transmitters used in tunnels to bring radio to captive audiences? How does that work, anyway? I haven't had any experience with tunnel radio at broadcast frequencies. I'd like to know more about that technology too. I have been curious if the Big

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Real Player isn't included on most PC's and hasn't been for a long time. Real Audio generally sounds like it is running at less than 6 kilobits/per sec -- which makes a telephone conversation sound like IBOC or DRM. It could have evolved some - I do not know. All I know is - I avoid it. --

Re: [IRCA] was Turks Caicos on 530, is MP3 free recorders

Colin I have Audacity on my PC and have been using it quite a bit to clean up DX recordings (mostly to do equalization, etc prior to buring CDs for reception reports). I agree, it's a wonderful program and the price is hard to beat. I just never got around to downloading the LAME dll

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Thanks very much Bruce. Who heard this. If it was someone on the west coast I'm switching to chess. Don Bruce Portzer wrote: All perfectly good points Russ. But I've found lots of recordings available only in Realaudio format, so I've found it to be a necessity. In the meantime, by

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Don I heard this in September during the DXpedition to the Queen Charlotte Islands. No need to switch to Chess, since were were 600 miles north of Vancouver and DX is decidedly different up there. Bruce Donald K. Kaskey wrote: Thanks very much Bruce. Who heard this. If it was someone on

[IRCA] 600 unid

While listening to the remote receiver tonight, I heard a country music station around 6pm EST. Played the common country pop hits, and I got a good ID. However, I really can't pull the call letters out. Sounds like CKEE and a few seconds later, a mention of The Big One. I don't know if the

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from Novembe

--- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded the file, had a constant download rate of around 60K a second and had the file in less then 25 seconds. I'm on fiberoptic, which is faster than DSL. I've heard stories before about erratic downloads on qsl.net. I'll keep

Re: [IRCA] 600 unid

--- Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While listening to the remote receiver tonight, I heard a country music station around 6pm EST. Played the common country pop hits, and I got a good ID. However, I really can't pull the call letters out. Sounds like CKEE and a few seconds

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All perfectly good points Russ. But I've found lots of recordings available only in Realaudio format, so I've found it to be a necessity. In the meantime, by popular demand, I've uploaded the Virgin Radio clip as an mp3

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from Novemb

I have Charter Business and the speeds are usually pretty good and consistent. I see you downloaded it finally... good! Paul On Nov 22, 2007 7:23 PM, Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm on fiberoptic, which is faster than DSL. I've heard stories before about erratic downloads

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All perfectly good points Russ. But I've found lots of recordings available only in Realaudio format, so I've found it to be a necessity. In the meantime, by popular demand, I've uploaded the Virgin Radio clip as an mp3

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from Novembe

I just downloaded the file, had a constant download rate of around 60K a second and had the file in less then 25 seconds. Paul On Nov 22, 2007 7:05 PM, Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *** A bit slow is being kind. I finally had to kill it when the download rate dropped to about 6

Re: [IRCA] 600 unid

Here's a ten second mp3 clip of that ID: http://www.craighealy.com/600_1800_22nov2007.mp3 This is CKAT-600 North Bay ON. Truro moved to FM some time ago. Ah. Thanks! I was looking in a place that didn't list that call sign, and Google didn't turn it up either. Right now 600 is all

Re: [IRCA] am iboc

Couldn't help but notice the chat here 'bout HD Radio. A recent logging of WLGZ-990 NY included commercial for HD Radio, including their web page. I wonder how many of the hundreds of radio stations across the nation are also pushing HD Radio on their web pages. Here's one just for

Re: [IRCA] QSL from WIGG 1420 for DX TEST

Jim, Very well spoken. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original

Re: [IRCA] Falkland Islands Radio Service

2370 elicits glowing memories. Until Mr. Rockefeller's tennant lawyer/president closed it in '74, NAVCOMMSTA Newport, RI, listened for ship teletypes via Sachuest Point receiver site replied via Beavetail Point's TMC 10 Kw mitter. Patient listening produced regular hits from ships running low

[IRCA] Poor Excuses kill this hobby

Jim, With all due respect, you are a ham radio operator, and the reference at the bottom of your recent post ( QRZ.com ) does an excellent job at defining what a QSL is, unless you have redefined it. I in no way suggested that you insist upon the testing-station that you educate them, but

Re: [IRCA] QSLing

Patrick said it best.. don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm getting back to DXing a little and Im happy enough to just log something..I rarely ask for a QSL anymore. Paul Walker On Nov 23, 2007 12:04 AM, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Konnie, With MW QSL's getting as rare as

[IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

Dennis, I believe R. Grenada moved from 535 down to 530 kHz several months ago. In the past, heard here numerous times on 535, always in English, frequently with BBC News. No doubt you heard something else on 535 last week. -- Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA

Re: [IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

Paul, Thanks for the link to Grenada on 535 kHz. Will have to listen for it when I'm on the coast again. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

[IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

Marc, Thanks for the information on Grenada. The signal was weak and I was tired, no telling what it was. Will give them a try next time I'm at Grayland. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] YVKA-631.27 R. Nacional

Loud Clear ID Radio Nacional de Venezuela noted on 631.27 kHz at 0549 UTC; Presumed to be YVKA Caracas off of nominal frequency of 630 kHz. News in Spanish. -- Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html

Re: [IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

Dennis: Nothing on their website at http://www.klassicgrenada.com seems to indicated they'd be running spanish Paul On Nov 23, 2007 12:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone in the Pacific Northwest heard the station in Grenada on 535 kHz? Is their broadcast in Spanish. While in

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

...is one of those typical 'last man on Earth' movies. The amusing part is the sound bite where Smith announces that he is broadcasting on all AM radio frequencies in an attempt to contact other survivors. Patrick Griffith Reminds me of: 2X2L calling CQ... 2X2L calling CQ... 2X2L calling

Re: [IRCA] QSL from WIGG 1420 for DX TEST

I thought the definition of a QSL confirms a date? Isn't this instead a Verie? On another note, aren't the stations that run these DX tests aware of QSL response? Konnie SW CT Yesterday received a hand written letter with business card from WIGG 1420khz for DX Test on Nov 4th., signed by

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

Funny how all of these last-man-on-earth stations do a better job of IDing than most ESPN and Disney stations :) On 11/22/07, Konnie Rychalsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...is one of those typical 'last man on Earth' movies. The amusing part is the sound bite where Smith announces that he is

[IRCA] Grenada on 535

Pat, Marc says they moved to 530. No tell-en what I heard, I was dead tired and the wind from that storm was rattling the windows. Speaking of weather, it's 32.4 degrees at 10:52 PM here. It's going to get into the 20's tonight here. Thanks for the information Pat. Dennis,

Re: [IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

I have Grenada 535 heard and QSL'd from the 80s. In those days they were in English. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

[IRCA] Grenada on 535 kHz

Has anyone in the Pacific Northwest heard the station in Grenada on 535 kHz? Is their broadcast in Spanish. While in Westport, WA last week I heard what sounded like Spanish on 535. Thanks. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] QSL from WIGG 1420 for DX TEST

Good point, JIm and the group, I have in the past, when getting a your report is correct or whatever but lacking in the details, I simply find a small area on the face of the card and carefully pencil the correct details. Not the proper way of doing things for the collectibles point of view, but

Re: [IRCA] QSL from WIGG 1420 for DX TEST

Folks, I gotta say, any time you get a response from a station these days and the intent is to verify your reception, you need to be grateful. I am certain that this was the intent by WIGG. The days of insisting upon a full data verification with date, time, frequency, power, etc., and an

Re: [IRCA] The numbers

--- Nick Hall-Patch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 21:59 20/11/2007, you wrote: I would call this an eight... http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/soundbytes/RadioRossi279khz_oct31_2006b.mp3 disagreenine: 8 is moderate audio, can follow the gist of the conversation, commercial,

[IRCA] QSLing

Konnie, With MW QSL's getting as rare as hen's teeth, I don't complain. So many stations today have quit responding period. Sure, we would love to have perfect full-detail QSL card. Hey, if I get a note back stating. That was us or You heard us or Thanks fo listening, I'll take it. My saying

Re: [IRCA] Audio quality - was Turks Caicos on 530 from November

Bruce, I used to have a lot of .rm files but I converted them all to mp3 using a program called Joyce Audio Convertor. It works great, you just have to be careful about getting the wav bits and the sample rates to match, otherwise you get artifacts. Now, all of my files are in the mp3 format.

Re: [IRCA] JOUB 774 0704 ut

Dennis, JOUB-774 is S9 and JOIB-747 about S7, Also JOHR-1287 S3, JOAK-594 S6, JOAB-693-S3 splatter from CBU. Plus the Russian on 720 is mixing on the channel. Lots of hets like 783, 72, 1278, etc. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] QSL from WIGG 1420 for DX TEST

Konnie, In this day, I will take about anything that confirms reception for a QSL. In the 70s/80s, I was more picky, but today, if you get a reply at all, you are lucky. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] am iboc

HD is a buzz word in today's world. Some engineers I know claim is sounds no better than streaming audio off the internet. IBOC has a lot of issues. Besides the noise on channel in analog, it has problems in digital as it cuts out with any noise, like powerlines, etc. HD Radio is not HDTV. But why

[IRCA] JOUB 774 0704 ut

Hello, JOUB 774 Japan in at 0704 ut.weak with man in Japanese. Level 5 carriers on 594 828 on two other Japanese powerhouse stations. Also threshold audio a few minutes ago on Radio Rossii on 279 from Russia. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] 600 unid

On 22-Nov-07, at 4:43 PM, Craig Healy wrote: While listening to the remote receiver tonight, I heard a country music station around 6pm EST. Played the common country pop hits, and I got a good ID. However, I really can't pull the call letters out. Sounds like CKEE and a few

Re: [IRCA] am iboc

I thought the HD stood for nothing, but the link you provided says it's High Definition: *What is HD Radio?* HD Radio is High Definition Radio. It is the digital standard for radio broadcasting in the 21st century. Much like High Definition television provides viewers with a better picture, HD

Re: [IRCA] Grenada on 535

Dennis, Yes, I saw Marc's reply. I guess that passed by me too, that I did not know they moved to 530. Back in the 80s, I caught them a few times, also Dominica 595 was also heard. It is cold here, spposed to go down to 30. Stay warm. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] New movie with AM radio mention

Amen to that. I believe I've logged the ID ESPN Radio six times in a three minute break. Hey, there's something we DXers can do while waiting for an official station ID, hold the record for how many ESPN ID's one can hear in the shortest period of time. The winner gets to use the rest room.